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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE CELADON-GROUND HU-FORM 'LANDSCAPE' VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1796-1820)
The vase is decorated to either side of the bulbous body with a shaped cartouche enclosing a scene of
scholarly fgures beside pavilions and wutong trees, surrounded by mountainous landscape, all on a celadon-
glazed ground. The neck is fanked by a pair of stylised handles decorated with C-scrolls in raised slip.
18Ω in. (47 cm.) high
£80,000-120,000 US$99,000-150,000
€91,000-140,000
The bold painterly style of the present lot can be compared to the 'landscape' bowls commissioned in
sets of ten that were produced from the Jiaqing period onwards; these are listed by Geng Baochang in
Mingqing Ciqi Jianding, Ming and Qing Porcelains on Inspection, Forbidden City Publishing, 1993, p. 293,
as depicting the West Lake in Hangzhou, the Yangzi River, Mount Lu and the Dongting Lake, Hunan
province. A pair of two such bowls were sold in Christie's London, 15 May 2012, lot 322 and in Christie's (mark)
Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 517. Also see a pair of massive 'landscape' vases which were sold in
Christie's London, 6 November 2012, lot 246.

清嘉慶 豆青地粉彩山水圖雙耳壺 六字篆書款

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